Hospital admission registers

This series contains inpatient admission registers for the Adelaide Hospital (after 1939 the Royal Adelaide Hospital) and covers the years 1841-1961. Information recorded in the registers varies over time but often includes patient's name, admission number, admission and discharge dates, ailment, rates charged, medical officer in attendance, address, marital status, occupation, place of origin, age, length of residence in the Colony and ship by which arrived. Deaths within the hospital are noted.

The Special Lists cover the period 1841 - 1910 and are arranged alphabetically by the patient's surname. The Lists usually include all of the information that appears in the registers, apart from ailment and any medical officer notes.